Dianne Blackburn, MSW, RSW, is a social worker with 25 years of experience in helping people with issues around substance use/abuse and co-occurring mental illnesses (e.g., depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, ADHD). Dianne trained at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, and received her cognitive therapy certification through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Dianne uses cognitive behavioural and dialectical behavioural approaches.